More photos, you're welcome

 

                           Sister Caldwell and I are thinking about handing one of these out :)

                                                          Group photo that Kinsie took

                                       This is my face when I'm done taking nice smiley photos

Merry Christmas!!

                                                        Me with my nametag! #famous

Me wearing a weird hat and camo shoes because I forgot church shoes to put on after we did service...

                                                          Kinsie and me at the lights!

Merry Christmas!

This week was amazing, as always! We witnessed a TON of miracles.

Tuesday we had a mission choir practice and Rob Gardner was there! You should look him up if you don't know who he is. He helped our choir a LOT. He's an amazing musician and I had no idea he lived in Gilbert.

Thursday we met with this adorable couple and we taught them the plan of salvation, then committed them to be baptized in January! They were so happy that we came over and we are so excited to get to know them better!

Saturday we went to a baptism! Nath Kuntz, Paetyn Kuntz younget brother got baptized! Paetyn is the tiny blonde child that I got to teach a couple months back. They are no longer in our ward, but I got to teach them, so it was fun to be able to witness the baptism!

Saturday evening we got to go to the Mesa Temple Lights with Lydia and her sister Olga! It was amazing. The Mesa Temple is technically out of our mission (go figure, our mission is tiny) but we get special permission to go if we go with an investigator and have a member drive us. It was so beautiful and I loved it! I also got to see Kinsie while we were there! She happened to be there, so we got to talk for a moment! How cool is that?! We also got to see the missionary nametag display! We donated one of our nametags a while back and we got to see the display they made. It made me feel famous. Now my name is in the Mesa Temple Visitors Center!

Sunday night we had the mission choir concert. It was amazing and the ENTIRE building was full! We had an investigator come, which was amazing, and the spirit was so strong. It's amazing how Christmas music that testifies of the Saviors birth can invite the spirit.

There were many more miracles this week as well, there's just not enough time to write about them all! We only have a 4 hour prep day today because Friday (Christmas) is an all day prep day. I love you all and I hope that you have a wonderful and happy Christmas!

Love Sister Holbrook

Ward Splits!

Ward splits

This weekend Sister Caldwell and I got another mini-missionary! Her name is Olivia Kleinlein and I love her! She was so great and added a lot to the lessons that we taught!

We also got our wards split this week. We cover 3 wards, 2 of which are family wards. Both family ward boundaries got realigned, but thankfully we didn't lose any of the people that we are actively working with! That is a huge blessing! We also have another ward in our zone now that doesn't have missionaries because it's brand new, so hopefully some of the elders will take it because we already have 3 wards! Haha :)

We also got to attend both family ward Christmas parties that were this weekend. We got fed delicious food and it was so awesome! I maybe over-ate, but it was delicious!

I love Christmas. Even though there is no snow in Arizona, there are Christmas lights everywhere and, if you don't know, Christmas lights are my most favorite part about Christmas! Other than the birth of the Savior of course.

We've been super busy and we've been teaching a lot, which is a huge blessing! This is all I've got, I hope you all have a wonderful week and witness many miracles!

Love Sister Holbrook

Miracles!

Miracles!

Miracle #1. Sister Caldwell and I are staying together for another transfer! That means I will be her longest companion! Hooray for Christmas :)

Miracle #2. We put up a Christmas tree this week. It is 6ft tall and we found it in the garage. It's awesome.

Miracle #3. We got a new investigator on Sunday and put her on date for December 26th! If everything works out, we will have 3 baptisms the day after Christmas!

Miracle #4. We had a Sisters meeting this week and I got to see Sister Schmauch.

Miracle #5. We did 14 hours of service this week.

Miracle #6. I got a CTR ring in the mail and it is amazing.

Miracle #7. I've lost a ton of weight and I am feeling awesome about myself.

So basically this week has been full of miracles. I hope you all have been able to see the imracles in your lives on a daily basis!

There is a new video out, it's called A Savior Is Born. You've maybe already seen it on Facebook or something, but it's just a 2 minute video that talks about the Savior and why we celebrate Christmas. I encourage you to share it with people and to talk about Christ at this very festive and appropriate time of the year.

I hope you are all doing well, and if you send out Christmas cards, please send me one! I love Christmas and I love mail!

The mission office address is

1001 N Burk St.

Gilbert, AZ 85234

I love you all and I hope you have a week full of miracles!

Sister Holbrook

PHOTOS!

Because I am a very nice and thoughtful sister, here's the gem she sent me this week :) 

More Photos! How lucky are you? :)

2. Sister Caldwell sitting on the Smiths awesome swing.

3. This is a photo I took on Thanksgiving of Civil, the Smiths 3rd child. He's adorable. Don't search too closely for where the focus is. I only have a point and shoot, there's only so much control!


Tiffany Got Baptized!

1. Phoenix (Nana) and Phrankie. They love me, it's adorable.

1. I got a card from Stephen this week that had a hilarious pun that I have to share.

3. Baptism Polaroid. They're the best!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This week was full of miracles! As usual!

I got a package from my sisters, a card from my mom. We put someone on date for baptism. We had interviews with our mission president. We had thanksgiving dinner with an outstanding family Tiffany got baptized and an old lady that we do service for tried to set me up with her 50 year old son that is in jail!

But in all seriousness, this week was awesome. I LOVE being a missionary.

We went to the Smiths for Thanksgiving. They are this amazing family and they have a huge swing in their house! It even has a switch so that it can go up into the ceiling when it needs to be out of the way. I want to come back to their house after my mission and take photos and notes!

Tiffanys baptism was so much fun! She was glowing the entire time and all of her family that are members were there to support her. Even her husband Tim who is not a member was there and in a suit and looked so dapper! It was a wonderful day. I love the opportunity to be there for others when they are learning about the church. It is truly a humbling and amazing experience.

I hope you all have a wonderful week and continue to feel Christ's love for each and every one of you!

Love Sister Holbrook